Letter: How does denying me medical coverage make America great again?
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Susan Stetichm is 45 and has Multiple Sclerosis. When the ACA passed and pre-existing conditions were not used against her, she was finally able to get relatively affordable health care. But the Senate Republican bill could strip that away from her. If she loses her insurance, she will be forced to not take her meds — which cost about 50K a year — and that could mean she could have an MS attack and never recover. Stetichm was photographed at her home in North Salt Lake with two of her children, Josee and Marco Stetichm, Thursday July 6, 2017.
By Michael Schlager | The Public Forum
| June 14, 2018, 1:00 p.m.
| Updated: 12:15 a.m.
I am disturbed to hear that again my medical insurance coverage may in the future be denied because of pre-existing conditions.
I have recently been laid off work, my coverage will eventually end. I’ll have insurance, I hope, again soon. But to deny me or my husband forever because we have or may have pre-existing conditions? Where does this help make our America great?
I have been a successful working American, and I’ll hope to continue to be, but I will need care as I advance through middle age. No American needs to have their livelihood lost due to ridiculous medical bills.
I ask for real affordable and accessible health care for all.
Michael Schlager, South Jordan